Pimsleur very often just ignores the tone of a word when it’s at the end of a sentence-- WHY? For example "Liu jia liu shi duo shao?" -- Instead of giving shao the 3rd tone, it gives it a neutral tone similar to "ma" Why is this? By the way, do you have any good suggestions on how to learn Chinese pinyin?

I know the story in English I just can't seem to find the Chinese version of it! Links or translations would be great thank you!

"do you like watching TV or movies?" "After history class, we have math class." "How many bats (as in rackets) did you bring?” Thank you!

Can you give me some good tips on sentence order in accordance with Chinese grammar and how it is different from English? For example: I ate lunch with Amy yesterday (English) I yesterday with Amy eat lunch (Chinese) wo3 zuo2 tian1 gen1 ai4mei3 chi1le5wu3fan4. etc. Thanks

Hello. I would like some help in Chinese translation. “The grass is greener on the other end”. Not direct translation, is there any saying that you know?

If not faith not fear possibly walk in faith not by sight Additional Details. I want to get a tattoo but I want it to be correct if you know to spell it in Chinese, Japanese, Latin or Sanskrit it would be gladly appreciated!

I'm not good at Chinese grammar, but I must do it in my Chinese test.

"Ok, sorry if I made you upset. But can you see? I was kidding! I'm really sorry. Well, I don't care whether you're mad at me or not, in brief, there's no reason to hate each other. Once again, I'm really sorry and I hope you will forgive me. Bye" Thank you >___< Please don't use any online translator.

Mandarin test tomorrow! I'm so confused. HELP?There is a test tomorrow and one part asks you to distinguish the Chinese characters 的, 地, and 得 and it's filling in the blank. I'm SO CONFUSED on when to use which. I used to know the difference between the Chinese characters 的 and 得. The first is possessive and the 2nd is whatever else. But now they throw in the new de, 地 and I'm SO LOST!!! HELP ME 地 is like he spoke loudly (adverb) --> ta shuo de hen da sheng but isnt 得 also an adverb??? like he learned Chinese quickly --> ta xue zhong wen xue de hen kuai I know the last de is possessive like "some flowers are red" you 的 hua shi hong 的... But how is RED something the flower possesses?? I'M SO LOST!!!!

Teachers, what are your recommendations for textbooks that will help me learn mandarin? I have taken 3 YEARS of mandarin already, but I would like to improve my conversational/grammer/vocab skills of course.

If yes, could you please let me know the categories you have and how much they cost in RMB because I am in China now.

我想试约会外国人，因为外语有意思。 我感到不该需要情侣有同的语言和文。其实，有外国的心上人是机会很好！ 由于我长大在外国， 我常常自在谈得来外国人。 从小，交外国的朋很易，还我有意大利人“男友”了！

I want to say this kind of expressions in Chinese - He was THAT sad THAT he started to cry - There were some things WHICH make him feel unhappy - The tool THAT he used was the one WITH WHICH he fixed the computer. - Show me WHAT I am looking for to know WHAT to do As the last point I want to know how to express conclusive ideas in Chinese, I mean this as below: John: I do not know how to say her that somebody stole her car Maria: You have to say it to her (the expression /say it/ would replace -- say her to somebody stole her car --) Jonh: But I do not like to do it(the word / it / would replace -- to say her to somebody stole her car --) Charles: Jonh you have to (the expression /have to/ would replace -- to say her to somebody stole her car --)

The HSK test (Chinese TOEFL) is an exam that shows one's Chinese level. I want to take HSK test. How long should you have been preparing the HSK test and how much Chinese should you know before you could take an Elementary-Intermediate level HSK test?